Forward “Barcelona” Usman Dembele received a tendon rupture of the right thigh and, most likely, will miss the rest of the season-2019/20.

This was reported by CNN International journalist Jeremy Smith. Catalan club confirms damage to footballer.

At the end of November 2019, the Frenchman tore his thigh muscle in the match of the 5th round of the Champions League against Dormundski Borussia, after which the recovery process took place. The return of the 22-year-old striker was planned for early 2020, but it seems that Barcelona lost the player before the summer.

This season, Dembele held 9 fights in a blue-garnet t-shirt, scoring one goal.

Earlier, the meniscus was injured by another blue-garnet scorer Luis Suarez.

Uruguayan had surgery and will not play until May.

After 22 rounds, the team of Kike Setena with 46 points takes 2nd place in the La Liga table, the backlog from Real Madrid is 3 points.

On Thursday, February 6, the “blue garnet” will play in the quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup against the “Athletics” from Bilbao. Start of the meeting - at 22:00.

Recall that in the last match Examples Catalans beat Levante (2: 1) thanks to the double of 17-year-old Ansu Fati.